XML doc into Database?

Question

I was given a large xml document (300pgs), and I'd like to
get all fo that data into an Access DB. Can anyone tell me if this
is possible and give me some hints. I know Access is not preferred,
but the client has set specifications.
Thanks,
Stephen

Answer 1

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>
> I was given a large xml document (300pgs), and I'd like
to get all fo
> that
> data into an Access DB. Can anyone tell me if this is
possible and give
> me
> some hints. I know Access is not preferred, but the
client has set
> specifications.
>
> Thanks,
> Stephen
Create the database structure to contain the XML data, then
transform it
into SQL using a XSL Stylesheet,
then execute the resulting SQL in your database.
The catch is you may need to escape certain characters that
have special
meaning in SQL
<xsl:stylesheet version="1.0"
xmlns:xsl="
http://www.w3.org/1999/XSL/Transform">
<xsl:output method="text" indent="yes"
omit-xml-declaration="yes" media-type="text/plain"/>
<xsl:template match="/">
<xsl:apply-templates select="*" />
</xsl:template>
<xsl:template match="product">
INSERT INTO product(title,description,price)
VALUES('<xsl:value-of
select="title"/>','<xsl:value-of
select="description"/>', '<xsl:value-of
select="price"/>');
</xsl:template>
<!-- ignore unhandled -->
<xsl:template match="*|@*|text()"></xsl:template>
</xsl:stylesheet>